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John Benton

Date posted: 1 May 1996

University students in Africa are responding to the gospel. David Zac Niringiye is a regional secretary for the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students and is responsible for 27 English and Portuguese-speaking countries. John Benton caught up with Zac at Word Alive, and interviewed him for EN.

EN: When and how did you become a Christian?

DZN: Both my parents were committed Christians - my father was also a lay evangelist. So I grew up within the church, but when I was 15 I strayed and became heavily influenced by drink. I tried to deceive my parents and bought some Scripture Union Bible reading notes, to pretend that things were not so bad with me. Through the notes I read the Bible seriously and was struck by its impact. One Sunday in June 1972, when I was suffering from a hangover, I went to a small-group discussion run for Christians on the subject of doubts in the Christian faith. I realised then that the only reason I doubted the reality of my faith was because I wasn't there yet, and so I turned to the Lord.